Corruption

  • Photo: Thomas Søndergaard/Play the Game
    16.04.2015 /
    In a move to enhance awareness about and action against corruption in sport, Transparency International has launched a new initiative named ‘Corruption in Sport' that collects and distributes knowledge and promotes collaboration on sports integrity.
  • Photo: Tom Raftery/Flickr
    09.03.2015 /
    The former UCI leadership failed to follow its own anti-doping policies and has been colluding, says report looking into alleged corruption, governance and anti-doping practices in the UCI.
  • Photo: justinshanks/Flickr
    18.12.2014 /
    Michael Garcia, the investigator behind the report into the 2018/2022 World Cup bidding process has resigned in protest over FIFA’s handling of his report.
  • Photo: seanknoflick/Flickr
    17.12.2014 /
    The Qatari whistleblower Phaedra Almajid feels betrayed after her testimony on the World Cup 2018/2022 bidding process, despite promises of anonymity, was publicly dismissed as unreliable in a FIFA report. In this interview, she tells about the personal costs of standing up, and repeats her accusations of corruption in the bidding process.
  • Photo: Ed Coyle/Flickr
    By Andreas Selliaas
    21.11.2014 /
    In FIFA, silence is more valued than transparency and fair play, says Andreas Selliaas in this comment looking at FIFA's handling of the Garcia report.
  • Photo: justinshanks/Flickr
    13.11.2014 /
    The World Cups in Russia and Qatar will take place as was decided in 2010. This is the conclusion that Hans-Joachim Eckert, head of the adjudicatory arm of FIFA’s ethics committee, draws from the Garcia report.
  • Photo: Sportspics/Flickr
    30.10.2014 /
    In an effort to stamp out match-fixing and other forms of sports corruption, Cricket Australia is offering amnesty for players and officials coming forward with knowledge about illegal activity – but only until November 30.
  • Photo: Tine Harden/Play the Game
    14.10.2014 /
    German TV viewers learned yesterday evening, Monday the 13 October, how sport can treat its whistleblowers when public German TV channel West-Deutsche Rundfunk (WDR) aired a 10-minutes portrait of the Argentinian Mario Goijman.

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